New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-04
SIMMER attending TO BUSINESS.

Warm weather. like sxyrockets, cherry pie and
sweet girl graduates Is now In season. ana mas ih
The Last few days come forward 50 abundantiy as
To exceed the popular demand In fact the Market
so IN sneak Is in danger OF being glutted, unless
the supply soon falls off little. But one swallow
does not make a summer, neither does single
burst OF decided warmth surely indicate that the
season thus introduced Will be abnormaly not
TN Easter day this year, for instance, the mercury
in this city reached 80, a height unequalied, up
10 April TO- for sixteen years previous. Yet the
average temporary re OF that whole month was less
than one decree above the normal May to be
sure, was warmer than usual, but June was q
minute shade cooler than customary. Again the
month Of June, $780, went out with week OF
well Sustained warmth, nearly or quite equal 10
that which we now experiencing For hFe
days the mercury was in the nineties, 94' being
twice recorded. Yet the two months following
were both a tIine below rar. tolerably close
a-alle 10 this case was affo rdcd In 1872 when 94'
was registered on two OF tho closing days OF June
and neither July and August was whole degree
warmer than usual. Tie highest June temperature
ever recorded by the Signal Service In THIS city
sbo) was In 1875 and the July maximum that
year did not come within several DEGREES OF this
figure. However, II would not be safe to conclude
fom these facts that notably warm days In inc
month of rcses and commencement exercises never
introduce hot summers The two warmest Julys
in fine city since the Sgnal Service weather bureau
was established were In 1872 and 1876, one aver
aging 76 % and the other 764o. In both instances
the preceding month contained several days IN
uinetcs IL Is evident therefore, that one must look
IL is evident, therefore, that one must look
further for trustworthy basis OF forecastlng the
weather for more than three or four days at a
time.
Conservative scient ists, however, are not entirely
without hope that such search may yet prove
mcasureaby successful. Abeurombie says: "1he
weather in this country ENGLAND frequently oc-
curs I'm spells OF several weeks duration during
which there is q remarkable persistence OF the
general type OF wcathcI overriding both consid-
cradle fuctuation from day TO day, and considcra-
BILE local variation from pace to place. lie then
| enuneIates the principal types to be observed
in the British Isles and gives few hints TO assist
one In jud ing whether any OF them after getting
| fairly established viii persist q little longer or
win soon break up. The foundation OF all this
phenomena is the habit which barometric depres-
sons got into sometimes for n period of several
weeks, of pursuing nearly the same path as they
Journey tho earth being Tended of In a
certain direction by tracts OF high pressure, which
with considerable steadincss occupy one geo raphi
cal position Then a read justment takes place, the
depressions follow another route, and different
| tyre is established, else period of irregular
weather results. In general way this Is nearly
as true In the United States England although
the American types do not closely correspond to
those described by Abercrombie. Here rs else
where our temperature changes, wind and rain
mainly II not entirely depend upon the motions Of
barometric depressions across the country, taken
| In combination with tho size and position of anti
cyclones and In spite Of frequent chaos in the
situations and breaks In the continuity OF series
| It Is easy TO discover from tho governments
weather charts marked tendency OF the essential
factors 10 cooperate In the same way, often for
| weeks OF a time. So far may Judge from
publif atoms the subject IL does not appear that
this phase of meteorology has been worked out as
completely in this country as II has by Abercrom-
| bic although Leute Glassford has done some
! thing OF the kind for the Pacific Coast. Yet it Is
not altogether unreasonable to expect that one OF
these days the skilful American meteorological
will DO able to discern that the persistence OF
certain conditions, conducive. for instance, 10
such warm weather has been exI ericnoed in
this vicinity recently, rs tolcraby well assured for
week So IL not for q month to come and
| that man will receive q reco- milton from real
scientists which they have never accorded TO
vennOr, Virgins and that crowd.